SCERT launches Leadership Programme for SDMC School Heads

Source: The Hindu

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) on Monday conducted an introductory session of the Cluster Leadership Development Program (CLDP) for principals of schools falling under the jurisdiction of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).

Aimed at improving leadership skills, CLDP — which was launched in collaboration with Creatnet Education — will divide school heads into clusters that will be led by facilitators. A total of 580 SDMC school heads will be part of the programme.

“Each cluster will have 10-12 school principals who will meet once a month. The facilitators leading these clusters will be selected from the same lot of SDMC school principals. Over the next month, discussions will be held with the principals to choose these facilitators,” said Jasmeet Walia of Creatnet Education, adding that the selected facilitators will be trained for three months.

Nahar Singh, joint director (academic), SCERT, said the objective of CLDP is to facilitate a cluster-level platform for solving daily academic and administrative problems through dialogue.

“This will help achieve solutions at the ground level. Furthermore, well-performing schools can discuss and share their methods to help underperforming schools through this programme,” Mr. Singh said.

Heads of various SDMC schools are in favour of CLDP with most stating that the programme will help solve their problems at a faster pace.

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